diference between tornado huricane and cyclone?

Answer 1

"good question. These two phenomena are vastly different. About the only commonality is their cyclonic flow and their destructive nature. The tornado forms in very unstable air with warm moist air flowing from the south near the surface and with dry and strong cold westerly flow at higher altitudes. They form out of existing cumulonimbus clouds without very much warning time and last only less than an hour.

Hurricanes form in the tropics generally between 10 and 15 degrees north latitude. They form when monsoonal winds (southwesterly winds) develop south of the trade winds (easterlies). This provides the trigger for cyclonic circulation. The surface temperature must be > or equal to 28C and there must be very little shear (large changes in wind direction or speed with altitude) which could remove any latent heat that has been generated by condensation of water vapor and which contributes to a developing low pressure center. The developing storm grows out of an area of disorganized cumulus clouds called a convective cloud cluster, grows into a tropical depression at which time it is given a number, tracked and monitored by both satellite and aircraft. From a depression it will deepen (Lower pressure) into a tropical storm (when it is given a name) and finally a hurricane.

Cyclone is the generic name for low pressure center storms in the northern hemisphere which have counterclockwise circulations and for low pressure center storms in the southern hemisphere which have clockwise circulations. In the north Atlantic they are called tropical storms or hurricanes depending on their stage of development. In the eastern Pacific they are called the same, while in the western north Pacific they are called Tropical storms or typhoons again depending on their stage of development. In the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean they are called Tropical storms or Cyclones depending on their stage of development. Finally, in the midwest of the US tornadoes are sometimes simply called cyclones or twisters. Hope this helps a little.

Answer 2

Cyclone covers a large area ,sometimes hundreds of Kms wide whereas tornado covers small area probably a few kms wide.Tornado has a funnel shaped structure which is not seen in cyclones.Cyclone covers hundreds of miles when they move and last for many days before crossing a land after which it weakens But tornados covers a few miles and may last for few hours only sometimes.Cylones usually form over oceans whereas tornados can form over ocean and land. Cyclones may contain tornados but tornados rarely become cyclones.
Hurricane and cyclone are the same.Hurricane is the name given for the tropical revolving storms in the Atlantic ocean whereas cyclone is the name given to the same tropical revolving storms in the Bay of Bengal ,the Arabian sea and the Indian ocean near India.

Answer 3

sure I agree that those words would be confusing. in the beginning Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones are each and all of the same. all of them are available in from the sea and are powered via the warmth waters, because of the fact of this why we don't get them interior the united kingdom. Hurricanes are what English people call them. Typhoons are eastern and Cyclones are the different Asians. Tornadoes are thoroughly distinctive they arrive while warm air and funky air meet and puncture a layer above and then a twister starts to look and come out of the clouds and hits the Earth Please don't get mixed up between those 2 they're like opposites to a minimum of one yet another.

Answer 4

Tornado/Cyclone are the same thing... and they happen over land.

Hurricanes happen over water.